"In his capacity as an advocate and solicitor, Leonard Teoh acted for one Nor'aishah bte Bokhari ('Nor'aishah'), a Malay lady of 25 years of age. She was born a Muslim and at the material time professing the Islamic religion and was working with Citibank in Kuala Lumpur. Trouble reared its ugly head when she fell in love with one Joseph Arnold Lee, a Christian Chinese. The cupid arrow must have struck Nor'aishah right smack into her heart so much so that she lost all sense of balance. He must have used love portion number 9, for she seemed to be on cloud nine. As Francis Bacon once remarked: 'It is impossible to love and be wise'. Shakespeare too in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' once said: 'The course of true love never did run smooth'. Reverting back to the mainstream of the case, Nor'aishah decided to renounce the Islamic faith and was bent on embracing Christianity."